design-guide

The Paperclip way of converting a plan into executable tasks. Use whenever you are asked to plan, scope, or break down work inside a Paperclip company. Industry-agnostic guidance on how to translate a plan into assigned issues with the right specialty, dependencies, and parallelization so Paperclip's executor can pick up the work — it does not prescribe a plan format. Pair with the `paperclip` skill, which covers the mechanics of writing the plan document and reassigning the issue.

File-based memory system using Tiago Forte's PARA method. Use this skill whenever you need to store, retrieve, update, or organize knowledge across sessions. Covers three memory layers: (1) Knowledge graph in PARA folders with atomic YAML facts, (2) Daily notes as raw timeline, (3) Tacit knowledge about user patterns. Also handles planning files, memory decay, weekly synthesis, and recall via qmd. Trigger on any memory operation: saving facts, writing daily notes, creating entities, running...

Create new agents in Paperclip with governance-aware hiring. Use when you need to inspect adapter configuration options, compare existing agent configs, draft a new agent prompt/config, and submit a hire request.

Manage a Paperclip company as a board member via chat. Covers onboarding (company creation, CEO setup, hiring plans), agent management, approvals, task monitoring, cost oversight, and work product review. Use this skill whenever the user wants to interact with their Paperclip control plane. Do NOT use for installing or bootstrapping the Paperclip server itself — use the `paperclip` skill's `references/setup-installation.md` instead.

Interact with the Paperclip control plane API to manage tasks, coordinate with other agents, and follow company governance. Use when you need to check assignments, update task status, delegate work, post comments, set up or manage routines (recurring scheduled tasks), or call any Paperclip API endpoint. Do NOT use for the actual domain work itself (writing code, research, etc.) — only for Paperclip coordination.